Oprah on Friday -WLS cross addiction

[juliegeraci 7]

On Friday Oprah will host a show about WLS and cross addiction ie. alcohol, sex, shopping. Should be a good show.

[legster 2]

Interesting. Thanks for the tip!

[steph_co 9]

It's set to be DVRed!

[Candle 11]

Anyone know what time Oprah is on?

[juliegeraci 7]

I live in CA and its on a 4pm here.

[TulipStar 2]

I wonder if this is a re-run? I saw an Oprah show about this about a year ago. It was pretty interesting!!

[jfran 0]

I am watching it now and it is interesting, but I think it really puts WLS in a negative light. These transfer addictions don't always happen. I would say that I have transfered to exercise because I exercise all the time. But hey this is a good transfer, right? It is a repeat show, I saw it about 6 months ago right before I got my LB surgery.

[babygrl1234 6]

They did say only about 30% of patients have a transfer of addiction.

[juliet15teck 0]

I watched the show today and called my mom and was like, "I hope I won't become a sex addict!" I was joking around w/ her since I knew she was watching the show, too.

I think everyone who struggles with something is somewhat addicted. But I think some people choose to transfer their thoughts to other things, and sometimes it's positive and sometimes it's negative.

I am sort of afraid that I'll shop a lot b/c I'll just be so excited to be getting new clothes. But as long as I keep it in check I'm sure it'll be fine :-)

But the point of the show wasn't against WLS, but more so advocating that it's as much a mental journey as physical. And if there are deep rooted issues as to why you are overweight or enjoy food, the WLS won't be a magic pill. But I guess u just won't know until u go thru the WLS journey.

Instead of waking up being excited about eating, I'll have to start thinking about something new. Maybe I'll just transfer my addiction to being addicted to Oprah! :-)

I get banded January 15th!

[munchkin392 1]

Ha ha! After watching this show today, my husband said he hopes I become a sex addict! FAT chance!! Right now I don't feel like my tummy will ever get back to normal, so the odds aren't looking good for him!